Sinto Sonho Negro – AMAYANA – A 4506 Germany 1978 Feeling Right At the time I discovered this nicely made album by the formation around the German violinist, jazz musician and composer Hannes Beckmann I enjoyed and played often, but not ever understood by the dancing audience, this fast and wicked Latin tunes like…
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Paolo Casa Soul Tracks – Manhattan Records – MNLP 00021 Italy 1978 Slap It Another essential Italian Library record that contains very funky, useful and DJ-friendly tunes. I would say that my favorite is SLAP IT with relaxed 110BPM but it’s just the one that I mostly like and play … there are so many…
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Alain Leroux, Christer Norden Disco Time – CAM – CML 165 Italy 1977 Discomaniac One of many great tunes on this CAM Library record. Funky, very useful and DJ-friendly sounds. Latin, Disco and some great instrumental Funk & Soul gems. Some comes also with short alternative cuts what reminds of Funk 45’s with a PART…
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Günther Fischer-Quintett Kombination – AMIGA – 8 55 598 German Democratic Republic (DDR) 1978 Kombination As the most tunes of this essential AMIGA JAZZ album is also KOMBINATION very experimental, with free parts and style switches. It’s 12:03 minute long and so it takes also more than one minute intro until the first breakbeat comes…
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Joy Fleming I Only Wanna Get Up And Dance – Atlantic – ATL 50 469 Germany 1978 The Final Thing With the 15:05 minutes THE FINAL THING the German Soul queen from Mannheim finally entered 1978 also the Disco-Train. Superior collaborating with Donna Summer’s producer Pete Bellotte and Silver Convention’s Sylvester Levay. As usual in…
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Atmosfear First / Fourmost – Elite – ATM 33-1 UK 1984 Extract Yes exactly EXTRACT is this days my favorite track on this essential 12″ by the British Disco-Jazz band ATMOSFEAR. But all the four spacey tunes on this 33⅓ RPM Mini-LP are great and very useful. Contains also their most notable tune DANCING…
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Pete York’s New York Into The Furnace – TELDEC – 6.24463 Germany 1980 Now I Know Soulful snatchy grooving vocal tune. Deep and powerful sound for a four men group. Between Rock and Jazz Pete York, an serious British drummer, from 1963 until 1968 member of the SPENCER DAVIS GROUP which is ever noted…
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Tom Cunningham Have A Little Faith In The Kid – Toledo – INT 162.501 Germany 1978 The New Rock Singer Tom Cunningham, singer-songwriter originally from New York, has made his home in Berlin Germany since the 70’s and released his debut album 1978 on the German Toledo – INTERCORD label. Announced as THE NEW…
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TRIP Eine Pop-Oper von Silke Schwinger und Fatty George – Telefunken – SLE 14 678-P Germany 1972 Weisser Sand Dope and very raw female vocal funk sung in German by Su Kramer. Contains a long and wide open drum-break with funky wah wah sounds. TRIP was a psychedelic Austrian musical about a religious purposes ravisher…
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R. Fogù / C. Taormina Jumping – Edipan – MPS 3014 Italy 1977 Africa I love this dope and relaxed flute tune called AFRICA. Spiced up with some slightly kitschy strings and some rococo harpsichord sounds. But all well balanced. Nice and groovy Italian movie effects music. Quite the best sound to set your latest…
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Gianni Oddi 4 ODDI – RCA Italiana – TPL1-1075 Italy 1974 Teenager One of the interesting albums by the Italian saxophonist Gianni Oddi and TEENAGER is my favorite tune on this one. Dope beats, funky wah wah, a breeze of strings and yeah, this deep grooving sax. That’s all you need for a thrilling car…
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Lino / Pasquale Castiglione Clouds – Octopus Records – OTP 0293 Italy 1975 Games The slightly African influenced and extraordinary grooving flute tune GAMES is my long time favorite on this lovely Italian Library album. Hot Groovy Records As many Italian Library and Soundtrack albums im my collection I got also this one from my…
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Andy Goldner Belleville … – Peak – pea 3480 Germany 1981 White Lion In A Babylon Very dope, soulful Reggae nugget made in Kirchheim/Teck, Southern Germany. Smoky beats, nice organ grinds, decent guitar riffs and catchy vocals. Repeat, repeat and loop it … the regular 5.05 minutes are not enough, I would like to hear…
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Charly Kingson Born In Africa – Fleet – 26 165 XOT Netherlands 1978 Manyaka If you ask me today I would say MANYAKA (118 BPM) is my absolutely favorite tune. Incredible baselines, dope Synthesizer grooves, the decent operation of the „The Munich Strings“ and this catchy female chorus at the refrain. But this LP…
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Charly Kingson Born In Africa (Remix 1982) – Ariola – 600.608 Germany 1982 Born In Africa (Remix 1982) Slightly edited 12″ Maxi-Single version of BORN IN AFRICA remixed by percussionist, Eddie Conard. Tidy and dance floor friendly. With 117 BPM little faster but also shorter than the album version from 1978. [envira-gallery id=”3314″] Charly…
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Mombasa African Rhythms & Blues – Spiegelei – 26 564-5 U Germany 1975 Nairobi The non-circular grooving soulful Jazz tune NAIROBI is my favorite on this first MOMBASA album. If you also had the chance to ride with the notorious “Lunatic Express” from Nairobi to Mombasa at the Indian Ocean coast Kenya, this tune…
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Karl Ratzer A fool for your sake – GiG Records – GIG 222 103 Austria 1981 Gone too long Catchy and pure grooving soulful Blues track with vocals, guitar work outs and a touch of 80’s synths. [envira-gallery id=”3292″] B-Funk Early 80’s album by Karl Ratzer the Austrian Jazz guitarist released on the also Austrian…
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Fuchs-Goos-Band Chameleon 2 – Software Music – sowa 105 Germany 1981 Jazz-Zyklus 1 Another superb and seldom seen Jazz record on the lovely, local and familiar working SOFTWARE label. German drummer Joachim Fuchs-Charrier and Jazz guitarist Werner Goos are the headliners of this formation. The album contains eight pretty Jazz tunes and the one…
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Jiggs Whigham Hope – Telefunken – 6.23008 Germany 1977 Absolutely Knot HOPE is a very delicious, high quality German Jazz release. Jiggs Whigham, an excellent trombonist, recorded this album 1976 in Cologne with some great European Jazz musicians. Contains the lovely ABSOLUTELY KNOT with a light Brazilian feeling in the beat and some happy grooving…
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The Butterflies Come On Sing Along – Golden Ring Records – A 30 015 RM Germany La Route Sur Paris Golden Ring Library album that contains the groovy LA ROUTE SUR PARIS and other nice’n easy Soul, Scat Vocal and Bossanova tunes by THE BUTTERFLIES vocal group. Tracklist A1 Rhythm On The Rocks (2:14) A2…
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Geoffrey Hall and Friends Pedestrian Street – Ivory Tower – ITL 25.167 Netherlands 1984 Summertime Very nice, relaxed, male vocal version of SUMMERTIME. Lovely, Bossa Nova inspired and extraordinary interpretation of this often covered classic written by Dubose Heyward & George Gershwin. [envira-gallery id=”3234″] Killing Me Softly Super rare and obscure, private looking release on…
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Arpadys Arpadys – Decca – 6.23492 AO Germany 1978 Funky Bass For many people is MONKEY STAR the noted tune on this great French Cosmic Disco album. But I really must say my absolutely favorite is the, with 95 BPM much slower, FUNKY BASS. Great duby, deep grooving and very relaxed Disco as I love…
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Rachel Gould – Chet Baker All Blues – Bingow Records – BGW 3103 France 1979 Phil’s Bossa Sweet and wonderful female vocal Bossa tune written by guitar player John Paul Florens. My little highlight on this in general great and relaxed Jazz album by vocalist Rachel Gould and trumpeter Chet Baker. Tracklist A1 All Blues…
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Evaldo Montenovo Cataratas – Telefunken – 6.23713 AS Germany 1979 Munzue Really lovely Brazilian feel-good-music recorded (Studio 70, Munich) and pressed on vinyl in Germany. Tracklist A1 Munzue 3:37 A2 O Passaro Na Mao 3:55 A3 Ana Maria 3:21 A4 6/8:2=3/4 3:09 A5 Amor Imaginado 3:38 A6 Chili Con Carne 2:40 – B1 Vivendo Sambando…
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The Kenny Bird Orchestra / Lado’s Latin Combination Volume 3 – Altaxon – AL 1010 Germany Nobody Is Perfect Dope and dramatic Library Funk with tight drums. Groovy BIG BAND Soul written by the German Library composer Fritz Maldener … NOBODY IS PERFECT! [envira-gallery id=”3208″] Tracklist Tracklist A1 Nobody Is Perfect 2:46 A2 Walk The…
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The Kenny Bird Orchestra / Lado’s Latin Combination Volume 4 – Altaxon – AL 1020 Germany Da Nada Very lovely and crazy samba tune with funny vocals. Happy, feel good music! Show Me That Funky Stuff Another one of this 70s Altaxon library albums that are Various Artists because you have on each side…
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Raffaele Mazzei Il Nibbio – DDD Records – DDD 26002 Italy 1984 Alle Porte Dell’Inverno Great made, relaxed grooving, Italian pop music. Very catchy, soulful and quite the right sound for the next Aperitivo Milanese. Campione Gratuito Another day at Utrecht Record Fair I discovered a copy with this CAMPIONE GRATUITO (free sample) sign. My first…
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Elektro-Dschungel Kebab und andere Träume – Stadtjugendring Wiesbaden – SJR/BDP 001/300408 Germany 1987 Kebabträume & Liebe Gabi KEBAB TRÄUME is an exotic grooving and very soulful cover version of this New Wave classic. When you compare it with the original, or especially the later and colder 12″ version from 1982 by D.A.F. (Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft), you can feel the contrast. Well…
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